Sunday, May 20, 2012

Another shaky, but gutty, Bills start (6IP, 8H, 5R, 3ER, 4BB, 7K) was bailed out by solid relief pitching (from Guerra, Lindblom, and Jansen), timely hits, and one MONSTROUS first career home run from Scott Van Slyke.

Dodgers sweep the World Series Champs (on national TV, no less), stand atop the baseball world at 28-13, and are left wondering when the heck the "tough" part of their season is supposed to start.

I was watching this game while enjoying a Jeremiah Red at BJs Pizzeria and didn't know SVS's bomb came on a 3-0 count until much later. It didn't look like he got a real good swing on it, and it still cleared the fence easily. I'm looking forward to seeing him hit one half way up the pavillion, or father, in the future.

I was sitting along third base line more toward LF. I'm fairly good and recognizing what a ball is going to do off the bat after seeing so many over the years. I knew right away that SVS had a homer when he hit it. I still remember the ball silhouetted against the night sky. Awesome to see!

@Dusty - coming off the bat, it looked really good to me watching it on TV. I had been tricked the week before with Matty (twice) and Uribe so I held my breath for a moment but when I realized he pulled it a lot more than they did, I knew it was gone. Watching the replays and from other angles, it didn't look like a great homerun swing. His balance wasn't perfect (he was kind of on both feet instead of just his back foot) but he obviously had plenty of power to get it gone